Rubber-chain hook attachment



Feb. 25, l 930. 1c. A. BARDEN. 1,748,824 Rugzn CHAIN HooK ATTACHMENT fY" l Filed Janf 21, 1929 Ime-nto@ dnne,

'- 491 .Referrin'gmowpmore particularly to the placed 1 l Patented Feb.25, e

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Burana-cnam :door: ii'rir'iicrtinim I y which will not readily..separate' or pull out from thei lace that it is embedded orsecured;r

I is`.also durable showing another modiicationpf A^lchain showing stillanether modification 'of der upon which fportions of the hook 18 and tothe rub er cross member itself, and one that and simple inconstruction..

These andother objects il attaiil by construction showgiin the Laccompanying drawings, in which the same reference char-'acte'rs'indicatethe same parts. in all of the 20 views:v E,

Figure 1 is a plan viewxif a-portion of a rubber Gross ha-in showing theend hook attachment thereon. l

ta'climent thereon. l l

` Figure 3 is' a portion of a rubber` cross chain the end hookattachment thereon.

- Figure 1 is a' portion of fal rubber cross the end lhook;P attachmentthereon,

'. Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the l lines 5ft-5 of' Figiire1.

5 Figure 6 is alsectional viewwtken on the lines i-'4 6 'of Figure 2f lFi re 7 4 s a sectiona'l view taken on the hook member fastened thereon.

` drawiiigvs, numeral'10 represents a portion of -the ordinary, .rl1bber cross chain adapted to lie over thesurface' of an automobile tire,

strap member adapted to be,at'tached to, a

.cruciforin shape 'or 'singular rubber cross represents` a portion of ancanvas section whchisnprmally .Wedging'and' wedge additionalc peciallyin Figures?. The extra appiicitinaiea January-21, 1929. serial' 1in.4333,945'. L -rf i 1 4 l mi l i `doubled overiipon itself at L12, so thatan eye- .Iet 12"3L is formed thereby, and a wedgeshaped pin member 13Iis inserted in said eyelet 12, as shownjnore especiallyin Figure 5. The end hook'member 14 comprises -two `branches 1 5 and 16 whichterminate into bends 17 passing over the canvas,L

and then each branch takes! a and relatiyely close'y to the wedgedout-portion dof the canvasat 18 and 19 'so that' the canvas is'completely enwra'pped by the branches of'tliehool end member 14, sothat it Ais practically impossible for thehok l14, to

`be separated or pulled awayvfrom or over theJ wedged out portion atthis end (if the rubber chain. the strap or crossemember 10 isvulcanized uponthecanvas 11 after the-canvas has been properly doubledover and wedged out and the hook secured thereto by means of said pin.The yrubber stra-p 10 likewise may be Vprovided with,v suitable Fi ure 2is a portion of arubber cross chain road engaging treads such as 20be'ing o f suit- '25 showing a'. modification of the endl hook at( abledS Referring no w to Figures 2 and 6 the same description as applied toFigures-1 'and 5 applies. equally as well-to. Figures 2 and 6 ex ceptthat 13'#y is a pin circular in transverse cros'slsection,{l whichlikewise is inserted in e"yelet`12a of [canvas A11 so as to form ashouldiier-from those previously described 4in that the wedged outportion 17 of i 'right angleturn away from eachother next Of course, theouter rubber portion of .this modication is provided 4with two pinCmembers laland 21 (each being circular in transverse cross-section)A inthe eyelets 12a and 12" formed in between the inner`ycon-i tacting sidevof canvas 11. In between these two pins 13a and21 canvas, thexupper andlower Vhqok previously deseribed'so that it will ngt ride over thespread out or Awedged outportion of the canvas material as will be seenmore es pin 21 preportions of the anden-the outsidefof the Maare closelyfitted there around as vents the-possibility of hook`14 from beingpushed away or separated from the strap 1 0,

' dueto recess .22 formed uponjthe vouter sur- -mobile tires comprisinganelongated fabric insert bentl upon itselfto vform eyes at the endsthereof, azpin inserted in each 0f' said face of cantas- 1l and inbetween these'l two A' pins 13a and 21. su 'plementalhook 14" is addedin Figure 7 so that one may be readily detached 'from the other..4

In Figure 4 the pins 23-and 24 are joinedI together by sidejp'in 25 soas to `ifo'rnlwhatls known as astaple or U-shaped pin. The crosssectional View of these tfwo pins is lthe same' l as that of Figure 7,which descriptionthereof also applies to this'modiication.

It will be obvious that'the general struc-Af ture hereinbefore setforth'maybe modified "ing-certain particulars, and I accordingly do notlimit-myself to such specificA structure except as hereinafter claimed.

' Having Iclaimis: r

A non-metallic anti-skid device* for autoeyes in tight -tting engagementtherewith, a

in avplane atright angles to the longitudinal axis i of' said fabric'insert and hook, and adapted to vclosely encirclesaid insert at theinneredge ofsaid pin` and eye, and a mouldrinsert said pins and saidloops `and Vulcan"- f zied thereto. v j v 4 i In testimonywherof I aixmy signature. v

ci'rronn A. BIEDEN,

mesme thus described my invention what n 'ed rubber' body completelycovering said 'fabone piece metallic ho k member at each -emi l osaidfabric insert formed with a continuous loop ati-thel innerend thereof,said loop being

